Graduate human → RFC-0001

On-behalf-of: Ben Stull <ben.stull>

rfcs/human.md

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 slug: human
 title: Human
-state: super-draft
+state: active
-id: null
+id: RFC-0001
-repo: null
+repo: wiggleverse/rfc-0001-human
 proposed_by: ben.stull@wiggleverse.org
 proposed_at: '2026-05-26'
-graduated_at: null
+graduated_at: '2026-05-26'
-graduated_by: null
+graduated_by: ben.stull
-owners: []
+owners:
-arbiters: []
+- ben.stull@wiggleverse.org
+arbiters:
+- ben.stull@wiggleverse.org
 tags: []
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-OHM is the collection of RFCs in this repository, and every subsequent RFC will, in some way, model or interact with the Human entity. A shared, dedicated definition of what a Human is in OHM is the prerequisite for everything that comes after it — Identity, Interiority, Agency, Relationality, Temporality, Wise Speech, Informed Consent, and any future work all depend on a common understanding of what is being modeled in the first place. Without that foundation, every subsequent RFC has to re-litigate the question of what a Human is on its own terms, and the framework as a whole loses coherence.
-This RFC establishes that foundation. It treats the definition of Human as substantial in its own right — expanding the five foundational properties (Identity, Interiority, Agency, Relationality, Temporality), making explicit what a Human is inherently the expert on (their experience, feelings, body, needs, wants, values, intentions, meaning), and articulating four cross-cutting commitments (Embodiment, Epistemic Authority, Whole-Brain Representation, Dignity) that condition how all five properties may be modeled. It also takes a position on Personhood — when a Human enters standing within the model — grounded directly in the definition itself. With this in place, future RFCs can be proposed and evaluated against a stable, articulated foundation.
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